When I originally read the financial details of Anne Heche’s divorce, I thought, “Wow, it is so expensive to be hetero. She totally should have stuck with Ellen.” Then I remembered the gay tax and realized that the most economically sane thing I could do is, like, have a fatal heart attack.
In a divorce that lasted more than half the length of the marriage, Anne Heche has been ordered to pay $515,000 in cash, $3,700 a month in child support and fifty percent of community property to her ex, Coley Laffoon.
The good news is that she gets 50-50 custody of her son and gets to keep her Vancouver home. She won’t be able to afford furnishings, but she can hold onto her manse.
It is rather sad, is it not, that parents focus so completely on their kids grades that they neglect to teach them the most important skills in life; How to pick a husband/wife, and maintain a good relationship (and how to select good friends). Lets face it; You can get ‘C’s in school and still have a great career. Marry the wrong person, and God forbid, have kids with them, and it can pretty much ruin your life.
It is rather sad, is it not, that parents focus so completely on their kids grades that they neglect to teach them the most important skill in life; How to pick a husband/wife, and maintain a good relationship (and how to select loyal friends)? Lets face it; You can get ‘C’s in school and still have a great career. Marry the wrong person, and God forbid, have kids with them, and it can just about ruin your life.
Wendie – there is no such thing as a “gay tax.” I think you do a disservice to your readers who aren’t aware of the law by labeling the death tax as a “gay tax.” Do some research on it…or read my post on the original piece you wrote.
And California is a community property state…whatever a spouse earns during the tenure of the marriage is subject to “just and right” division upon the dissolution of the marriage unless there was a prenuptial agmt – so homeboy got what he deserved ;)
“the good part is that she gets 50/50 custody”? She has to give him over half a million dollars and she still has to babysit? Anne got fucked big time.. Oh wait! Women have been doing that to men forever. You shoulda stuck to vaginas, Anne.
i didn’t know that Anne Heche had a twin brother
karma
prenup!